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missummation

missummation noun: wrong summation; incorrect addition.

Noun

missummation (plural missummations)

  1. (archaic) Wrong summation; incorrect addition.
    • An inroad on the strongbox, or an erasure in the ledger, or a missummation in a fitted account, could hardly have surprised him more disagreeably.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London...
    Synonyms:
    misaddition

Synonyms of missummation

Forms of missummation

pluralmissummations

Origin of missummation

From mis- + summation.

Questions about missummation

What does missummation mean?
Missummation means wrong summation; incorrect addition.
What part of speech is missummation?
Missummation is a noun.
What is the plural of missummation?
The plural of missummation is missummations.

Words near missummation in the dictionary

  1. missummarising
  2. missummarize
  3. missummarized
  4. missummarizes
  5. missummarizing
  6. missummation
  7. missummations
  8. missuppose
  9. missupposed
  10. missupposes
  11. missupposing

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